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DEVONthink To Go
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DEVONthink To Go is the mobile document management solution for iPad and iPhone. Store and organize your important documents on the go. Synchronize your data directly on the local network, via Dropbox, or any WebDAV server with DEVONthink for Mac. Strong encryption keeps your private data private.

DEVONthink is the no. 1 application on the Mac for document and information management. It is used by information workers in education, research, law, consulting, and governments anywhere from home offices to corporations.

What's New

Version History

2.4.3

Feb 15, 2018

This maintenance release is all about synchronization. Version 2.4.3 adds synchronizing automatically when DEVONthink To Go is being put into the background and improves the reliability of the sync status indication. Downloading shallowly synchronized documents is more reliable, and DEVONthink To Go is more compatible to some WebDAV services. Further enhancements include basic authentification for bookmarks, better performance, and reduced memory usage.

2.4.2

Dec 21, 2017

This maintenance release updates the PDF library with bug fixes and improves the way informative notifications are presented. It also fixes issues related to, e.g., the progress status, the file item provider, Photos library access, and the localization.

2.4.1

Dec 2, 2017

This maintenance release enables iOS 11 drag-and-drop on the iPhone and improves the way HTML and Markdown documents load local resources. Version 2.4.1 also corrects a number of issues related to PDF annotating, HTML and Markdown handling, and indexing.

2.4

Nov 16, 2017

This update adds support for the iPhone X, new editors, and workflow improvements. PDF pages can be rearranged and rotated and sheets with table-like data can not only be viewed but now also created and edited. The "Info" sheet can change flags and labels for more than one document at once, e.g., for quickly marking multiple items as read. DEVONthink To Go captures office documents from web pages and imports multiple databases from sync stores at the same time. This makes adding all relevant databases to a new device more comfortable. Finally, version 2.4 uses clipboard content for new documents only on demand and comes with more reliably Files app support. The update improves the overall performance, too, and fixes a number of bugs and glitches.

2.3

Sep 19, 2017

This update is dedicated to iOS 11 and its enhancements but also comes with improvements for earlier versions of iOS. It adds drag-and-drop inside DEVONthink To Go as well as to and from other apps. You can use your database through the new "Files" app and create notes or search for documents with Siri. A new "Favorites" smart group lists groups marked inside DEVONthink To Go as favorites as well as the favorites from Files. Finally, version 2.3 allows to verify and clean sync locations and mark items as read or unread with a new swipe action. The update improves the overall performance, too, and fixes a number of bugs and glitches.

2.2.1

Aug 28, 2017

This update adds Spotlight support and unifies the activity display for all background tasks including the synchronization. Maintenance tasks now run concurrently and no longer block the user interface. In addition, tags can be pasted into the "Info" sheet, and sharing apps from the App Store creates formatted notes. The update also reduces the memory footprint, improves the reliability, and fixes a number of bugs.

The maintenance update to version 2.2.1 fixes a crash related to extracting EXIF metadata when importing images.

2.2

Aug 21, 2017

This update adds Spotlight support and unifies the activity display for all background tasks including the synchronization. Maintenance tasks now run concurrently and no longer block the user interface. In addition, tags can be pasted into the "Info" sheet, and sharing apps from the App Store creates formatted notes. The update also reduces the memory footprint, improves the reliability, and fixes a number of bugs.

2.1.7

Jul 19, 2017

This update adds an option to clear the Global Inbox and makes the grid view available on all devices. Version 2.1.7 improves the decluttering service, URL command support, and Markdown previews. Updating item counts is more reliable and no longer makes the app unresponsive. The enhanced error log no longer truncates long entries.

2.1.6

Jun 2, 2017

This maintenance release fixes issues related to the "Clip to DEVONthink" sharing extension.

2.1.5

May 31, 2017

This release optionally shows the contents of databases and smart groups in grid view and allows to reference local resources in Markdown or HTML documents with absolute paths. In addition, DEVONthink To Go 2.1.5 switches to the latest Dropbox backend.

2.1.4

May 15, 2017

This release adds support for directly sending scans from Readdle Scanner Pro to DEVONthink To Go. Version 2.1.4 features a completely rewritten "Action" menu for sharing documents and makes scrolling vertically through long PDFs much more comfortable. Markdown documents can use local CSS stylesheets, too, and the document provider extension is available on iOS 9 now.

NEW

- Support for directly sending scans from Readdle Scanner Pro to DEVONthink To Go (requires Scanner Pro 7.1.3 or later).

IMPROVED

- "Action" menu completely rewritten and based on the iOS activity controller.- Better vertical scrolling through long PDFs with a 'grabber'.- Markdown documents can use CSS stylesheets.- PDF library updated for improved reliability.

FIXED

- Issue where entering a WebDAV password using 1Password didn't release the Save button without typing something else.- Issue where it was possible to move pending records between databases.- Issue where not all databases could be renamed from the database list.- Issue where RTFs with tables could be edited and so damage the document.- Issue where some 'create' URL commands didn't use the "location" parameter.- Issue where the document provider extension wasn't available on iOS 9.- Issue where the duplicate detection was updated unnecessarily on app launch.- Issue where the title of PDFs sent by printing contained percent-encoded characters.- Issue where the URL embedded into web archives showed the URL of the used decluttering service.

2.1.3

Apr 22, 2017

This release adds new settings for PDFs, allows to copy and use a database's item link, and extends its URL command set with new commands and x-callback-url support. A new smart group lists all items that have comments, and email attachments are now listed separately, can be viewed and shared. The Apple Pencil support for PDF annotations has been improved too.

2.1.2

Mar 9, 2017

This release adds options for enabling or disabling iOS backups of the databases, shows item counts for databases, and lists the real amount of used disk space. Item lists can be sorted by creation, modification, or access date, and multiple selected documents can be shared, e.g., to send them by email or iMessage.

The "Download: Always/On demand" setting for groups can now be removed so that the group again uses the setting of the enclosing group. DEVONthink To Go 2.1.2 also increases the contrast of lists with items not downloaded and lets Markdown and HTML document use local images and link to documents using relative paths. In addition, the release fixes multiple bugs and glitches.

2.1.1

Feb 9, 2017

This maintenance release fixes an issue introduced with version 2.1 where DEVONthink To Go claims that the database couldn't be moved to its new location. In addition it improves the overall performance and adds new hidden commands and settings for customer support purposes.

- Hidden menu command for initiating a full re-sync, hidden settings for customer support purposes.- Marking many items as (un)flagged or (un)read no longer blocks the UI.- Background activity should block the UI less.- Item lists no longer update during mass changes.- Informative notification when forced reindexing begins.- Issue where DEVONthink To Go claimed that it wasn't possible to move the database even though it was.- Issue where item lists kept updating even though they were no longer on screen- Issue where updating the caches used too much memory.- Issue where caches were saved too often.

2.1

Feb 8, 2017

This release makes DEVONthink To Go available as a document provider to other apps. Documents stored in your databases are now available to all apps that also support iCloud Drive. Open, e.g., PDFs from within third-party apps, edit them, and save all changes directly back to DEVONthink To Go.

In addition version 2.1 adds printing, 1Password support, and an option for selecting the preferred PDF scrolling direction. The Clip to DEVONthink share extension retrieves the title and shows a preview for web pages. The PDF in-document search lists page titles and numbers again, Markdown documents support referenced images, and sheets are displayed more compact. Web archives created on the device are now indexed too. Finally, this release delivers a number of important bug fixes.

# NEW

- DEVONthink To Go serves as a document provider to other apps. - Printing. - 1Password support for filling web pages and when adding WebDAV locations.- "Settings" option for PDF scrolling direction.- Hidden commands for support purposes.

# IMPROVED

- "Clip to DEVONthink" retrieves the title, shows preview image and text for web pages.- Better handling of bookmarks with custom schemes, e.g., omnifocus:// links.- PDF in-document search lists page titles and number again.- Markdown documents support images using the reference URL.- Sheets are displayed more compact.- XML documents use a fixed-width font.- Web archives created on iOS are now searchable.- EXIF geolocation of photos is used when importing from Clip to DEVONthink.- PDF library updated.

# IMPROVED (SYNC)

- Sync store uploads no longer zip multiple document packages concurrently to avoid memory peaks.- Canceling of Bonjour commits, e.g. due to app termination or locked device.- Reliability and efficiency in case of multiple sync locations synchronizing the same sync stores.- Encryption keys are stored in an additional place as especially iOS can reset or corrupt preferences after app updates.- More flexible handling of invalid HTTPS certificates.- French localization.- Overall reliability.

# FIXED

- Issue where bookmarklets or hidden commands were not case-insensitive.- Issue where bookmarks didn't always properly load when being restored on app launch.- Issue where cache files grew too large.- Issue where email messages were no longer styled correctly.- Issue where item links for groups opened the group in grid view.- Issue where soft newlines (vertical tabs) in CSV/TSV files were incorrectly processed.- Issue where tags assigned to groups were not inherited.- Issue where the search wasn't fully visible when using Command-F.- Issue where the Settings were partially covered by the database list on iPad in split screen mode.- Issue where voice memos were imported from Clip to DEVONthink with the wrong type.- Issue where web views showed error message when being restored on app launch.- Crash related to adding photos via the New Document Assistant.- Crash related to empty item names.- Crash related to restoring purchases.- Crash related to retrieving PDF metadata.- Rare crash related to conversions.- Rare crash related to item lists.- Rare crash related to smart groups.- Rare crash related to table views.

2.0.8

Dec 29, 2016

This maintenance release adds the URL field to the Info panel of groups, shows the regular app icon again, and fixes a number of issues related to searching.

2.0.7

Dec 21, 2016

This maintenance release adds support for 3D Touch and page links for PDFs. Version 2.0.7 also presents the results of an in-PDF search nicer and handles global searches for words containing non-alphanumeric characters better. Audio continues to play when you switch to another app. Finally, the app icon badge now shows only the number of unread items in the global inbox. The update also fixes a number of issues related to tagging, PDF handling, synchronizing, and battery consumption.

2.0.6

Nov 18, 2016

This maintenance release saves changes regularly and when leaving the application. Bookmarklets can specify the destination group, items converted externally no longer replace their original, and moving items to the database's inbox is easier with the inbox listed first in "Organize" sheets. The update also corrects a number of issues, e.g., with the Clip to DEVONthink share extension and with searching within groups.

NEW

- Bookmarklets support setting the destination group (?destination=[UUID]).

IMPROVED

- Unsaved changes to documents are saved every 60 seconds and when DEVONthink To Go resigns active.- Inbox is now always listed first in the "Organize" sheet.- Item link can be copied from "Share" menu too.- Items converted externally and sent back via Open In mechanism no longer replace the original item but are placed next to it.- Settings stay visible when switching apps on iPad in portrait orientation.- "Reveal" temporarily shows item list on iPad in portrait mode.- Databases queued for deletion are disabled until they are actually removed.- PDF default scaling (and so also vertical scrolling).- Additional markdown file extensions are recognized.- Marking groups and their children read/unread or flagged/unflagged faster.- Reliability of import from Clip to DEVONthink.- Reliability of retrieving the geolocation.- Fatal errors give an opportunity to send the logs to support before aborting the application

IMPROVED (SYNC)

- De-authenticating Dropbox no longer automatically asks to authenticate again.- Downloading pending records prefers faster sync locations if a database is synchronized via multiple locations.- Downloading chunks of large files is now multi-threaded too. Can speed up especially the download of the last or only large file from remote sync stores.- Corrupted and therefore empty databases should no longer get synchronized.- Reliability of Bonjour server settings.- Logging.

FIXED

- Issue where limiting a search to a group did not return all results.- Issue where documents imported from Clip to DEVONthink or bookmarklets were not searchable.- Issue where sharing from News App didn't offer Clip to DEVONthink.- Issue where Clip to DEVONthink didn't work correctly with Workflow.- Issue where using bookmarklets showed the New Document Assistent menu instead of the correct entry screen.- Issue where documents displayed via Quick Look were not refreshed when being updated externally, e.g., by synchronization.- Issue where changing a comment was not reflected in the record list.- Issue where the item list overlay was hidden when switching apps in portrait orientation on iPad.- Issue where the "Exclude from Tagging" flag was ignored for tags.- Issue where the animation after confirming a database deletion could confuse the user interface.- Crash related to defective databases.- Crash related to displaying images in email messages.- Crash related to documents with empty type.- Crash related to setting reading position for RTFs and formatted notes.- Crash related to table views.

FIXED (SYNC)

- Issue where saving the searchable text during synchronization showed an error message.- Issue where the flag status was not always correctly synchronized.- Issue where the unread status was not set correctly during synchronization.- Issue where changing an item's comment did not mark the database as needing synchronization.- Issue where downloading receipts from sync stores could crash the application.- Rare crash related to internal checks.

2.0.5

Oct 28, 2016

This maintenance release remembers and synchronizes reading and playback positions. It also adds a PDF thumbnail view and lets you stop and restart audio recording. Version 2.0.5 also improves the overall performance and reliability. Smarter caching makes especially navigating databases faster, retrieving tags in the background no longer blocks the user interface when entering tags.

NEW

- Thumbnail view added to PDF viewer.- Reading position of PDFs, selection of text documents, and playback position of media documents is remembered.

IMPROVED

- Faster navigation due to smarter caching and less prefetching.- Faster counting of tags.- Retrieving tag suggestions no longer blocks the user interface.- Tap-to-edit disabled.- PDFs scroll vertically- PDF in-document search can be closed with the Escape key.- Audio recording can be stopped and continued.- Unresolved item links show a notification.- Caches are only updated after a detected crash- Disk space check is run in the background.- Database update does not happen if disk space is running too low.- Device no longer goes automatically to sleep during database update.- Better internal file naming avoids potential issues due to unusual IDs received through synchronization.- Background process handling.- Localization.- Logging.

IMPROVED (SYNC)

- Reading positions are now optionally synchronized.- Database properties are now always synchronized.- Up to two times faster sending and receiving of small files via Bonjour.- Bonjour timeout handling.- Scheduled synchronizations are only delayed for ten seconds after waking up.- Cached records are validated and dismissed if necessary.- More efficient prefetching of records while sending items via Bonjour.- More useful error message in case of WebDAV 501 errors ('Not supported').- Garbage collection of sync stores.- Overall reliability.

FIXED

- Issue where captured webarchives could have incorrect URLs.- Issue where completed or failed background tasks, e.g., indexing, not always showed an informatory message.- Issue where deleted groups where handled wrong on Core Data change.- Issue where ending editing mode by dismissing keyboard didn't always work.- Issue where following links in RTF documents and formatted notes didn't work.- Issue where item links with page numbers didn't work for PDFs.- Issue where no placeholder was shown after purging items (iPad).- Issue where opening a popover cancelled document editing.- Issue where saving PDF annotations zoomed out.- Issue where sheets didn't show the last few lines of a TSV file.- Issue where some email messages only showed a header or no content at all.- Issue where the application state wasn't correctly restored.- Issue where the database update didn't update the user interface and could cause DEVONthink To Go to get jettisoned.- Issue where the indexed text received through synchronization was lost.- Issue where the PDF in-document search was broken since version 2.0.4.- Crash related to caching.- Crash related to creating new media documents.

2.0.4

Oct 6, 2016

This maintenance release improves compatibility to iOS 10 as well as the overall performance and reliability. It is more responsive and consumes less memory. In addition, version 2.0.4 brings a first set of hardware keyboard shortcuts, enhances Clip to DEVONthink usability, and adds MultiMarkdown support.

2.0.3

Sep 3, 2016

This maintenance release fixes an issue where databases couldn't be synchronized due to pending files. In addition it improves the reliability when synchronizing sync stores and the timeout handling for direct connections.

2.0.2

Sep 2, 2016

This maintenance release improves the overall reliability and performance. It also fixes many issues related to synchronizing and allows downloading much larger databases without DEVONthink To Go being jettisoned by iOS. Due to better chunking of static and small items synchronizing to sync stores requires less bandwidth, less disk space, fewer files, and is up to 3.7 times faster. Also, Dropbox users can use multiple sync stores now. An improved Clip to DEVONthink supports all file types and cleans up webarchives with Instapaper and Markdown with Readability.

2.0.1

- Keyboard handling.- Detail info for groups.- Navigating into groups twice as fast.- Reliability of uploads to and downloads from sync stores in case of interruptions e.g. on unreliable networks.- Bonjour server is started as soon as the network is available.- Bonjour locations prefer host name and port to open connections.- After a failure to open a Bonjour connection, the Bonjour service is resolved again.- Multithreading when syncing.- Canceling of Dropbox requests.- Memory management.- Overall reliability.

FIXED

- App name was truncated in Springboard.- Issue where it was possible to replicate between databases.- Issue where the app badge wasn't cleared after switching from version 1.x.- Issue where only the first selected search result could be displayed.- Issue where search results where not updated after downloading a pending record.- Issue where tags inside of tags were not offered in tag suggestion menu.- Issue where database icons could flicker while indexing was running.- Issue where the selection of record lists flickered when selecting another record (iPad).- Issue where the animation when deleting or putting back items by swiping was clunky.- Issue where new WebDAV locations didn't accept invalid HTTPS certificates.- Issue where DEVONthink To Go could crash if a sync store commit was interrupted.- Issue where DEVONthink To Go could crash when using the keyboard buttons in formatted notes with word suggestions switched off.- Issue where DEVONthink To Go could crash on the database list.- Further rare crashes.

2.0

Aug 4, 2016

- Rewritten from scratch- Completely new user interface- Much enhanced feature set

- Support for more document formats- New PDF support including annotations- New rich text and formatted notes editor- Enhanced Clip to DEVONthink

1.5.8

May 19, 2015

Fixes issue with RTFDs not being displayed on iOS 8.3.

Feb 15, 2018

Version 2.4.3

This maintenance release is all about synchronization. Version 2.4.3 adds synchronizing automatically when DEVONthink To Go is being put into the background and improves the reliability of the sync status indication. Downloading shallowly synchronized documents is more reliable, and DEVONthink To Go is more compatible to some WebDAV services. Further enhancements include basic authentification for bookmarks, better performance, and reduced memory usage.

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5

407 Ratings

407 Ratings

The best deal in doc management

Nov 27, 2017

Vulgar demos

It's not the prettiest app. It's not the app with the most features. It's not the best document editor. But for those looking to manage their documents anywhere, DT is now the best deal -- functionality by price, it beats Evernote and everyone else by miles. My only wish is that it handles syncing as well as Evernote. I found over the last year that I have to open the app periodically and wait for it to sync (that can take a while), regardless of which service I’m using. So sometimes when I need to find something quickly I open it up and search and there’s no results. So I have to use a different app for reliable background sync.

The best deal in doc management

Nov 27, 2017

Vulgar demos

It's not the prettiest app. It's not the app with the most features. It's not the best document editor. But for those looking to manage their documents anywhere, DT is now the best deal -- functionality by price, it beats Evernote and everyone else by miles. My only wish is that it handles syncing as well as Evernote. I found over the last year that I have to open the app periodically and wait for it to sync (that can take a while), regardless of which service I’m using. So sometimes when I need to find something quickly I open it up and search and there’s no results. So I have to use a different app for reliable background sync.

Cannot recommend this app enough!

Dec 6, 2017

JSully217

I use DEVONthink To Go all day every day for collecting all sorts of information. Everyday I am grabbing Twitter links/web pages and quickly throwing them into DEVONthink to access later. But it doesn't stop there, my entire PDF library lives within my DEVONthink databases and when I'm in a meeting I can quickly pull up DEVONthink To Go and have access to all of them. I use DEVONthink exclusively as my note and research tool, all day I am throwing more and more information into DEVONthink and it handles it all with ease.

I cannot recommend this app enough!

Cannot recommend this app enough!

Dec 6, 2017

JSully217

I use DEVONthink To Go all day every day for collecting all sorts of information. Everyday I am grabbing Twitter links/web pages and quickly throwing them into DEVONthink to access later. But it doesn't stop there, my entire PDF library lives within my DEVONthink databases and when I'm in a meeting I can quickly pull up DEVONthink To Go and have access to all of them. I use DEVONthink exclusively as my note and research tool, all day I am throwing more and more information into DEVONthink and it handles it all with ease.

I cannot recommend this app enough!

Great companion to wonderful app but missing a few features

Dec 1, 2017

Schabra

Good- - Almost no learning curve; Typical iPad app.- Beautiful Interface- A must buy if you want strong integration with Mac version - No Bugs/ crashes-PDF editor upgrade very useful unlike their desktop version (comparable to PDF Expert but not better)

Needs Improvement--Tags and labels should have better visibility and allow for labels-Background of PDFs should have options for less eye strain-PDF editing is a paid upgrade; instead should allow editing in PDF Expert or Files software.- No OCR; should be free for those who bought the pro office version on desktop. They can create a script that automatically OCRs new pics added from iPad in desktop version upon sync. - Limited Smart Folders. They should sync between machines or allow more options.

Recommendation-

Buy and review so that developers can keep upgrading.

Great companion to wonderful app but missing a few features

Dec 1, 2017

Schabra

Good- - Almost no learning curve; Typical iPad app.- Beautiful Interface- A must buy if you want strong integration with Mac version - No Bugs/ crashes-PDF editor upgrade very useful unlike their desktop version (comparable to PDF Expert but not better)

Needs Improvement--Tags and labels should have better visibility and allow for labels-Background of PDFs should have options for less eye strain-PDF editing is a paid upgrade; instead should allow editing in PDF Expert or Files software.- No OCR; should be free for those who bought the pro office version on desktop. They can create a script that automatically OCRs new pics added from iPad in desktop version upon sync. - Limited Smart Folders. They should sync between machines or allow more options.